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Another resident added: “I couldn't see much but I heard at least five or six police cars around the park.

"This is shocking. How could someone do this?"

On Friday morning police remained at the scene with areas around Marley Road sealed off.

The scene on Marley Road, Exmouth

Superintendent Matt Lawler, the local policing commander for Exeter, East and Mid Devon said: “The child has been taken to hospital where she is receiving the expert medical care and treatment she needs, supported by specialist officers from our Public Protection Unit, and of course her family.

“This is clearly a shocking event given it is so extreme and rare in East Devon, and as you would expect, we are therefore putting significant resources to this investigation.

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"To help with both the investigation and to provide reassurance there will be more visible policing in the area, and we would like to hear from anyone who was in the area of Marley Road and the adjacent fields late yesterday afternoon and who may have noticed anything they feel may be relevant.”

Anyone with any information is asked to contact 101 quoting log 636 for October 4